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Auseinandersetzung

Debate

Karl-Henning Seemann
1975-76

Description

Bronze sculpturegroup, showing a fat and a thin man, showing a discussion between a Gôg (an inhabitant of the old town of Tübingen) and a professor of Tübingen university, inspired by a Gôgen-Witz (Gôg-joke). See here for the copy in Tübingen.

Information Sign

Karl-Henning Seemann:
Auseinandersetzung

Sculptor

Karl-Henning Seemann (Wismar 1934), German sculptor from Löchgau, Baden-Württemberg (Webpage – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Dampfwalze, Gogawitz.

Locatie (N 51°13'27" - E 6°46'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw067; Photograph: 6 August 2009 / updated: 16 August 2020
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